9-28

I have grown to love how this place is lead by the spirit. My heart has been broken more in these past two weeks then ever before. God is seriously moving among the girls on my DTS. So many of them like I was saying earlier have built up these walls, to the point where they basically don’t know who they really are. But today during class we were talking about Gods call, how there are three callings.

The first on is the general calling, the ones we all are called to do, like love god, love others, be a disciple all that good stuff.
The second one is a specific calling, which is something I’m still trying to sort out. Because yes I do believe that God has put something in our heart that we should do as long as its glorying him and following in his footsteps, but there is still not anything I have found in the bible that says God has a specific path for each and every one. Granted I have not read the bible in full, so if you do have scriptures that back that up, by all means share it with meJ
The third one is vocational call, which Wilson (the speaker) described as not necessary, like an extra thing I guess he would say. Like your skills and stuff. I am not sure if I agreed with that, because I think your skills and talents go hand in hand with your specific calling. Because if you think you are called to play guitar and be a worship leader but you cant sing on key…well then you don’t have the skills to lead worship, but then I guess it would not be from God? Hmm.

But wow today was so powerful Wilson was talking and all of a sudden he felt what I had been praying for. That there were people that have been so hurt that they continue to fake, that finally they are tired, that they can’t handle this mask they have put on, that the walls they have built have finally started to crumble bit by bit. Ahhh it was so good, five girls came up and were healed. Seriously wow it was so powerful, these girls were weeping, and falling, and just finally feeling Gods love. Feeling finally that they were worthy, that they were beautiful.  It was awesome to experience such fellowship, because these girls came up and by the end we all were up around them praying and praying for these girls. It is the start of something, seriously God is moving in this place. Mmm I am so thankful for Gods love and grace.

This already has been such a huge learning experience. Its been a huge test of patience, and standing my ground. The guy that asked me to marry him has chilled, so that is an answer to my prayers ha-ha my goodness. I have learned how to adapt to the cultures here, its crazy. We have three people from South Korea, and the girls name is Sue, she does not understand English very well, and is not confident in speaking, but she is hangin in there. I was able to talk to her today and found out she is a youth pastor, so sweet.

We have a guy here Phumnlani, he came here from Jbay. He was a street kid, he is now 24 but acts very young. From what I have learned he came from a very poor area just up the street and was abused did drugs and fought a lot because he got made fun of. Anyways, he has come not being able to read or write. But I have become a teacher haha, and the past week we have been working on writing, sounding words out all that stuff. He has been doing so good, today during lectures Keith one of our leaders said he wanted us to sit down and write down all the things we wanted to lay down at the cross because later we were going to burn them as a symbol that they were over with. Well guess what, Phumnlani fricken wrote! He obviously spelled things very wrong, but I was so proud of him, we corrected his mistakes and he rewrote everything, wow I could not believe it. In one week he is already forming sentences. MMMM praise God.

We had our first small group tonight, I really enjoyed it. God is a hilarious God, he put the two guys that annoy me the most in my small group to rub it in my face that patience is what I will perfect this DTS. Hahaaa he has put them in my life to teach me many great skills, so I can’t wait. After small groups when I was teaching Sue the lesson from today all of a sudden she was like “you wan Korean noordles???” haha so all the Koreans went to the kitchen, we all followed and we had a dance party while they coooked. It was so wonderful haha of course the noodles were very spicy but we have missed spice on the base! Whoo man my lips are still burning. But I need to go to bed, gotta wake up at 5am to run tomorrow. Wednesday is our fasting day, oh halleluiah.

Prayer requests:
Pray that the 5 girls will continue to be shaped and molded. That they will be ok in their own skin, and that they start to show their real self to everyone and take the mast off.
Pray for drug addictions, there are some people here that I know on the weekends are not making the best decisions, so just pray for conviction, and then action.
People are still holding onto things, pray God is able to clean out the smallest things we hold onto.
Our outreach will be to Madagascar and also India, along with three weeks traveling around South Africa so pray now for protection, that we can be strong and always in prayer.
Pray for a spirit of urgency, pray we can all use our gifts to reconcile South Africa I believe it will be done.
Pray for our school fees, many students still have not paid anything and are having faith in God that he will come through.
Last but not least, pray that everyone will get their visas and passports all figured out for outreach.

9-27

I have not had internet time for awhile now, sorry anyone who has messaged me or anything. Its starting to really add up, so I’m trying to watch it. I found a coffee place that gives you free wi-fi if you buy coffee, so thank goodness that is where I will be going now, because buying internet is a waste of money on the base.

Our speaker came for this week, his name is Wilson, and he actually founded this place 25 years ago. So the big papa has returned. I really really reallyyyy like his teaching style. He is speaking all week on Discipleship, the call of God, what the call of God is, responding to the call, the cost, and laying down your own wants and desires. So I am pretty excited about this week. Wilson is very funny, and very inspiring already.

We all have continued to get along, which is a relief, there are still some people that I have to really work on patience with, but it’s a good experience. I’m growing up.
OHHH I HAND WASHED MY CLOTHES FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OTHER DAY. I am now a woman. Except I’m never doing it again, because the crap didn’t dry, I left it out all fricken day and it did not dry..so Laundromat here I come! Haha I want my clothes to be dry you know?

Today was a very good day. Diego came back today, it had been a couple days since he had showed up. But praise God he had new clothes on, oh my seriously I love this little boy. He was back to his normal self, laughing, goofing around. But a couple of us decided to go out to dinner, because I needed a salad so I got that thank GOD! Whoooo but we brought Diego with us and oh my goodness it was the nicest thing. I don’t know if he had ever been in a restaurant before, so he was seriously so happy the whole time. Wow and on the way back he started singing worship songs, and we just all linked arms and sang the whole way back to the base. He was laughing and smiling the whole way, which has been not normal for him the past couple weeks. Its like maybe things are turning around for this boy. He still makes me so sad though, ahh its almost unbearable to walk down the streets and know these little boys walk around with no place to go.

Going off that, I feel pulled to come back to start not necessarily an orphanage, but some sort of safe home. Some place where these kids, even adults can come and sleep without trouble. Where they can find clothes, and eat. Where they can shower, and possibly even learn how to read and write and just do normal things like clean, help cook that sort of thing.  And it will be right here in Jbay, because seriously right behind the base looks like a dump, but people are sleeping, living, freezing. Ahh its crazy, and you know whats funny, it would be so easy to get the money for something like this, because our dollar is like 7-10 rand. So our money goes a long way here. Obviously its not an easy thing to just whip up, but it is so possible. Because our God is a huge God, and this is something after His heart.

Prayer request:
Pray for the street kids, that they could be delivered from drugs, abuse, homelessness, and hopelessness
Pray that our DTS continues to grow together
Pray for masks to be removed, and for walls to seriously break, because a lot of these girls have gone through more then imaginable, and they are so used to faking everything.
Pray for the health of everyone here.
Pray for the July DTS, they are on outreach right now and one groups bus has broken down, so they have not been able to go very far. But already they have faced so much evil. Witchcraft is huge around here.
Pray for protection against Satan, that the DTS can be strong and put their armor on every day.
Pray for the Jbay community, there are so many broken homes and families, so much crime and addictions. But I believe God will restore them, it already looks like they are on their way.

9-26

I’m at a loss for words at the moment. This past week I have been so broken. The street kids that come here seriously break my heart. I have spent almost every morning talking with this 12 year old boy Diego, He has my heart more than any of these other boys. This kid has Tuberculosis, he wont take his meds. He sniffs glue and does weed, so the glue alone eats away at any kids immune system, so he basically does not have much longer to live if he does not stop using drugs and does not start taking his medication. He is a street kid, his dad is not in the picture, and his mom is an abusive alcoholic. He has no hope, which is why he has turned to drugs, he stands in front of stores and begs for money so he can get high. Ahhh he wow he breaks my heart. You can just tell when you look at his face, he wears the same clothes every day, and always smells like smoke. I love this boy, and I have been experiencing how God’s heart breaks for his children this past week. Every time I see him I just cry.

There are a couple guys here, well a lot of the guys that are doing their DTS, or some other school had a very similar story to Diego. I was talking to a man named Darren, he did meth was in a gang, used to do anything to get the drug. He sold it, he severely hurt people, anything just to get this drug. He was a mess, but one of those incredible stories where he suddenly just broke. I actually wrote a rap…hehe

The kids go without hope
Lost confused dirty with no soap
Pushed out in the streets smoking dope
So hard to bear, the can hardly cope
It starts with everyone joking around
Turns into the prime token that’s found
Suddenly bound, can’t be unwound
A couple years later, on the ground
Fears in a mound
Finally something breaks they burst into tears
After all these years no need to search any longer
For the lord takes those who thirst and hunger
Forgiven and restored
Humbled by the fact that Christ has opened the door
All he ever wanted to do was pour into your life so there could be more
With less worry
They turned the mess around, found a nice wife
Now their story did not happen without strife
There was pain and loss but in the end so much gain of life
Because HE reigns
Broken are the chains
HALLELUIAH HE STILL REMAINS

If you could pray for these street kids, most of them are boys. But they roam the streets at night, they start trouble, fight, do drugs, they have nothing warm to wear only the clothes that they have on their back. It has been a really cold start to summer, very windy, so its not normal and people are freezing.  There is no where for these kids to sleep, no place for them to just go and sleep without trouble finding them. Its very sad.

9-22

Today was Wednesday, and every Wednesday we fast for the people in the community. Its really cool actually, it was hard for a lot of people because they had no idea why they were doing it. Its hard for a lot of people because the staff expects us to just know when and why we do things you know? So a lot of people are getting dragged into things that they just don’t know anything about, which is bad. So if anyone has a good verse about fasting then share it with me, I used matthew uhhh 6 or something, when it talks about not boasting about your fast. But I know there is so much more. So pray that the staff can know how to explain to everyone the reason behind certain things, and that everyone will understand.

Also pray for this community. You walk one direction down the road and you see nice businesses and homes, and you walk to opposite way and you see garbage piles, kids running around with no shoes, houses that look like a worn down play house. Its so crazy, what these people live with. Uhmm ok so at 1pm every Wednesday we split up into groups and we pray around the town for different things. Our group today went to the housing area, the klosa community they called it and we ended up passing a primary school, some of the people in my group felt we needed to go into the school, and tell these girls that they were beautiful, that Jesus loved them..boys too. But we walk in, and right away this beautiful little girl around 4 years old walks up to me, and wanted to be held. It broke my heart because these kids are growing up in such crappy situations, they don’t know what a real love is like. They have never been told well some of them I can’t speak for all, they have never been told they are loved, they are worth while, that they are talented. Love is lacking so much in this community. There are gangs all over the place, there are drunks walking the streets day and night. Sounds like the cities. But wow it was a very eye opening thing to be apart of, and it was awesome to show this little girl some love, some real genuine Jesus love. The families are so broken, men are leaving their wives, the wives are leaving the homes, and these kids are looking after their siblings. Hmmm it’s a hard thing to see, but a very good thing to be apart of. God will restore this place,  he will.

Us girls have started a prayer meeting they call it, we get together once a day to talk through how we are feeling, what we are going through that sort of stuff, and then we pray. We all need patience, and respect towards one another, we are getting along fine now, but once the DTS goes on, I know we will go through some tough things. So just pray we have the strength courage and discernment to talk to each other, to be real, and not to put on this mask that we are fine. Hmmm God is good, all the time, and all the time, God is good. I wish you all a blessed day, week, whatever.

All my love.

9-21

Sunday was the official kick off of the Sept. DTS, and the send off of the July DTS. It was insane again with the holy spirit, whoooo man their commissioning is so much different then anything I’m used to. “holy spirit anoint these children” and BAM shaking, laughing, collapsing, it was exciting. The July DTS is going to do amazing things, wow just amazing.

Monday was our first day of class, but it was more orientation. We did some get to know you games, played soccer, and then split up into groups and played amazing race around town, I got my running in for the day haha I was so tired by the end. We probably ran over 5 miles around. It was sooo much. Our team lost, well we won but we had one person not with us sooo since we were not all there, that’s why we lost.

Today, Tuesday, was more orientation, but a lot more teaching. We all had to come up with a skit, dance or rap. Our group got dance, hmm it was interesting, not really a dance but its ok. This week we are being taught on hearing the voice of God, how to, what it sounds like, all that stuff. The speaker’s name is Daniel, he is our base leader, and will be teaching on and off. He actually is going to Switzerland for a YWAM meeting I guess this weekend, that will be so good for him.

I’m still getting a long with mostly everybody, there are some girls who have annoyed me but I have had to take a step back and tell myself that I have no idea what these girls have been through, whats going on right now, what insecurities they have. I have to keep rreminding myself I’m here to know God more, to be one with him, and to die to my old self and become filled with him. I’m not here to judge others, and get angry. I want to be free of that.

Uhmmm its been 5 days, and I already got a marriage proposal…dead serious. If you want to know more, just face book me hahahaaa, ohh goodness. Hmmm I was a little taken back by it, but it’s the culture here, its normal for people my age to start really seriously dating for marriage. I was speechless, but its all good I talked with some of the girls they helped. I just ahhh 5 days, and already seriously.sheeshhhh
But I hope all is well in MN, or wherever your reading this. I miss everyone!

9-17

9-17
More people have arrived for the DTS,
 Nabil from Jordan he reminds me of Abraham…ha looks just like him (if you don’t know who I’m referring to, well ask me about it later) But saif and emmi, you know who I’m talking about.

Mario from Jbay, he has been very welcoming to me, he showed me all around today.

Phumlani ohhhh hahahahahaa this kid wow NEVER STOPS TALKING, and he is from jbay as well but a pretty poor part, he used to drink and smoke until he met Jesus, and now that is all he talks about. He wears a suit everyday hahaha we went walking he was showing me around, along with Mario and Mo he kept saying he was going to “knock people up” I told him what that meant in America and he just laughed so hard. People kept coming up to him calling him pastor because of his suit ohh man it was funny.

Marie from Germany is here, she is the only one I had talked to before arriving, so it was good to finally meet her. She is a little shy about her English but she will get there.

Sandy is from some part in South Africa, she is beautiful, and my age, I was the youngest one for awhile until Sandy came, now Marie is the youngest she is 17. But I have connected very well with her.

Uhh there is also this boy he is a mechanic and is doing a DTS with us I think his name is barnet or something…

Our leaders for the DTS are awesome, haha we all went out for icecream tonight that was very fun. The icecream here is all soft serve, expect for there is one place with gelato. But that is quite expensive for them. Mario Mo and Phumlani showed me the store with all that icecream and they stood there in the store basically drooling saying next time they are going to bring 100 RAND and eat all day haha.

Lets see whatelse have I done today. I went to the beach earlier before the walk with Mario and phumlani to golf? Hahaha he told me he can’t loose his swing because next year he wants to try out for something in Jbay. But that was fun.

 So I went on a walk across Jbay, saw many many things. It is so amazing how you walk and you see the rich among the poor, there are shacks mixed with beautiful homes and hotels, its crazy. We went into a pet shop ha, they LOVE animals, Mo loves birds its great. They promised to cook me fish, so I hope they follow through with that.

To end the night everyone always drinks coffee or tea, and sits in the kitchen to talk and listen to music, EVERYONE is obsessed with music and dancing. They are always exchanging songs to each others cell phones its so funny. Music is their life. We have these little boys from the town that come to be with people to be loved you know, its great. They LOVE Micheal Jackson here, hahaha the little boys are amazing dancers, everyone can dance. I’m gunna learn. I’m gunna come back and be able to crump got it! Hahaha kidding, but yeah Step up 3 just came out here, so we have been watching it a lot. 5 of us watched it in a van, the only quiet place tonight, it was nice. Well I’m gunna go to bed. Gooodddd night.

JBay 9-16

Finally arrived, whew it was sooo long but so worth it. My first flight was only 7 hours to Amsterdam which was quicker than I expected, I sat by the isle next to a german man who spoke not one word but put in his ear plugs and on his sleeping mask and away to dream land he went. Hahaha so that was a longgg flight, I did not sleep at all, I read letters people had given me (thank you if you wrote one) I started reading Blue Like Jazz (LOVE IT!) anddd watched a couple movies.  I get to Amsterdam and I’m pretty sure I over packed, but no big deal I won’t run out of anything haaha, had to wait for only a couple hours until my next 10 hour flight to Johannesburg. That flight was a little better, I sat next to this older couple who basically have traveled the world and are now onto South Africa for 8 weeks, they were super nice, and very good to sit next to.


I arrived at the airport in Johannesburg and was greeted by Jenna the girl who took me for the night and welcomed me into her BEAUTIFUL house. Seriously, wow I was blown away by her house, it  was in ehh platoria or something, whatever the capitol of SA is that is where she lived, in a very rich and overly secured part. We had to go through 3 gates of security just to get into her house…I guess it makes them feel more safe…haha but wow the family was soo nice, already this culture is so much more welcoming than anything I have ever experienced. I love it.


I talked with Jenna and her mom for awhile then went to bed to be awoken at 4am so I could catch my 630 plane..and surprisingly it was not bad at all, I was super awake (I know weird I’m never a morning person, Africa changes you, ya know!) I get on my plane without any trouble and it was a very small plane and a very short ride, only about 1 ½ hours so that was very nice.


Ok this is where it kind of gets interesting…ok not really so I get to Port Elizabeth and it’s actually chilly outside, like SUPER windy, it felt like a cold football game night, which is fine by me but EVERYONE was wearing winter coats I kept laughing to myself. The airport itself is very small, so I did not get lost (I am proud to say I never lost my way in any airport) but I was sitting and waiting in the airport wondering, “where the h are the fricken people that are supposed to pick me up!!!” I found internet I could use (it pays to be a tourist) and checked my email to make sure they were still coming, I had nothing from them so I was like ohhhhkayyy then. I decided well I should try calling someone, so I ask to use the phone, they direct me to this pay phone, I don’t have a calling card so that’s annoying. I ask where can I find coins, they say nowhere…hahah I was pretty frustrated at that point, so I just was like WOW SCREW THIS, and sat down because one thing I have realized is if you say your going to do something now, its usually like an hour later it ends up being done. So I sat and waited for 40 minutes until this man comes up to me “are you going to ywam” and I forgot his name, but he was one of my drivers to the base. Pastor Robin also was in the car so that was a fun ride. We ended up getting a bit lost on the way to the base but its all good. I got shown around while we were driving, oh my, its gorgeous wow I love it. But the first thing I get asked..well told is “Rachel your gunna die…” hahaha Pastor Robin kept telling me, “Rachel, you gunna die, you gunna die.” I just told him to bring it on.

It is already crazy to me how much we are used to in America, after not even a day of  being here wow uhhh guys you have it reallyyy good! Their playgrounds oh my nothing and trash all over, (they do have KFC and a McDonalds). That is besides the point.

Ok now about the base, its located in a pretty low income area, what you might call a slightly niceish slum. It is right near the little Jbay town, which is fantastic. Right when I got there, I was shown to my room, everything is locked, we all get keys and we have to lock our doors when we are in and out of the dorm. The room we are staying in has two rooms filled with beds, and then in the middle of us are the bathrooms. I share a room with two girls as of now, Lisa who is from Germany, and this Brazilian girl…can’t remember her name ha. On the other side is a girl named Vernica who is from South Africa, and a girl Charlotte from England. We have a guy coming from Jordan tomorrow, he is escaping, was a muslim and converted to Christianity, so I am super excited to hear his story. Everyone is crazy here, I feel like I’m living in a gospel church HALLALUIAH! The DTS that is here now, just finished their lecture phase and are leaving Monday to head out to India (which is the place we probably are going as well, India or Madagascar I guess, but that could change) I have already had some pretty intense conversations, everyone is so eager to know you and hear your story which is pretty neat.

The food I heard is pretty bland, but so far I like it. Not high class or anything, but I was not expecting that haha. A lot of coffee, tea, rice, and peanut butter. (that is what the girl I stayed with in Johannesburg told me anyway) I have to do my laundry by hand, we’ll see how that goes. I walked into town today to buy a SIM card, ended up getting it for free, I’m still not sure how it works. I can’t manage to make calls..yeah and you have to pay hourly for the internet, which is why this is so long, because I am writing the blogs on word before I use the internet, so I can just copy and paste. Thinkin like my daddy, whats the way I can use the least money. The base it pretty small, sorry I keep jumping around I’m not sure how to organize my thoughts right now they are all over, I have too much to say or to explain. I’ll do more explaining as I stay here longer, but the ocean is a two minute walk.

We wake up at 530 every morning to do a half hour jog…530 AM. Wow shame but its all good, I’ll get over it. So we do the half hour walk, and then we go to the beach to pray for an hour. There is a lot of praying here, the holy spirit is very very relied on, which is good, its different, something I’m not that used to. When at chapel this evening it was lots of speaking in tongues and jumping dancing crazyness. Very African I fit right in hahaha.

The beds are average whatever, we just share bunks but the dogs bark alllll night because they run all over. So I made sure to get earplugs for tomorrow night. Mmm yes well that’s it for the day.

Beyond Blessed

Today was a pretty emotional day, I had my goodbye party and was just blown away.

I felt overwhelmed by the amount of love and support I felt throughout the day.

I had people give amounts I knew they could not afford, but their trust in the Lord, and their willingness to give was a very beautiful thing to be apart of. I could not have been more happy with the way things turned out today. The ones who I had not seen for awhile were able to come and it was just an incredible day.
I am exhausted but I am so humbled.

Seriously I was swept off my feet with love today. It was the most intoxicating feeling to have so much love, and to have it be so genuine. I was very touched by the words people were speaking, by the encouragement I received and again by the love they were showing. It was a powerful day, it helped prepare me even further for what is about to take place in two days. 

1 week

On Sunday I went to church at Substance, and wow was I glad I did. It was so affirming, Peter was talking about living a radical faith, and not living in your comfort zone your whole life. So it made me honestly feel ok about leaving, and more excited then nervous, which was a change from the week before. I was pretty nervous, and now I can't wait to get out!

My goodbye party is on the 12th, so this Sunday from 3-whatever time.
So come and say goodbye!!!
I really want letters to read on the plane as well, so if you feel bored write me one! I am not sure the address of the base, but once I get there I will put it on here so you will have it always.
I decided to post my Itinerary for the 14th-16th so you can know if I'm in the air, or in some city!!

14Sep,Tue	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 6044	MSP - Minneapolis 05:05pm-14Sep,Tue	AMS - Amsterdam 08:19am - 15Sep,Wed	Nonstop Econ 32hr 05min
15Sep,Wed	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 591	AMS - Amsterdam 10:30am-15Sep,Wed	JNB - Johannesburg 09:25pm - 15Sep,Wed	Nonstop Econ 32hr 05min
16Sep,Thu	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 3783	JNB - Johannesburg 06:30am-16Sep,Thu	PLZ - Port Elizabeth 08:10am - 16Sep,Thu	Nonstop Econ 32hr 05min

From Port Elizabeth, I will be picked up and drove to Jeffreys Bay. andd taaadaaahhh I will be at my destination. Just continue to keep my travels in your thoughts. Pretty soon I'll be looking at things like the picture below every day:) Ahhh i am so excited.

Busy busy life

I have started to become sooooo busy these last two weeks. I already am packed full...but i feel like i'm starting to live these weeks in a blur. Like I'm not living for the day, but for the two weeks i'm in the states. I don't know, I have become overwhelmed, and overbooked. My parents keep saying "rachel is your goal for these next two weeks to become so tired that when you begin your flight you are just gunna be knocked out?!!" haha its so true, I have been working almost 40 hours a week, for...this is the 3rd week I have done the 40 hours a week. On top of that I need to start packing, and of course see people before I leave! But I watched this video awhile ago, and i wanted to share it with you, its about stoping and thinking. About really living your life the way its meant to be lived, about not taking any day for granted. So watch it!
 (click on the link to watch the video)
http://www.crazylovebook.com/videos_stop.html

Two week countdown!

Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

As I have been really preparing to leave, I have become nervous. I have become sad. I have become excited, and totally not ready. At the moment I'm not sure if I will become ready, but I know that I have been called out of my comfort zone. I know that I am protected, and loved by God himself. What more could I ever need? I know He's got me, I know that I should not worry. I admit, yes I have started to worry a little bit, not bad, but a little. Today when I was doing my quiet time, I came upon the verse Joshua 1:9 which is above. This is a verse I have dwelled on, and memorized, its embedded in my heart, but it was such a good reminder. Rachel be strong, be courageous, don't be terrified, don't be discouraged, because guess what I'm with you! It was refreshing to hear that, to be told that he is with me no matter where I go. I still am in awe by that, I can go anywhere and he will be right by me, its so nice.

Many of my friends just started college, and most are really enjoying the experience. But then I have friends who got stuck with some odd roommates, who feel like they did not pick the correct college, and who are just not wanting to be at school. I think when it comes down to that, its all about your attitude, if you already go into school saying, wow this is going to suck...well guess what your right it will suck. So from their experiences I'm telling myself I am confident in my traveling skills ( even though I have never traveled alone ever.) that I will have the time of my life, and that my faith is going to be rocked. Yeah I am going to miss people, and all that, but I am so excited. I am beyond excited for what is in store. I am so so so ready to be rocked, challenged, and brought into a new culture. I'm ready to go somewhere, where I don't know anyone. This life is a great life, its shorter than we think, and I'm ready to make the best of it.